Barrel.



G. E. HERRMANN & B. W. TUCKER.

BARREL.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 16. I912.

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GEORGE E. HEBRMANN, OF

MORRISTOWN, AND BENJAMIN W. TUCKER,

ORANGE, NEV JERSEY.

OF SOUTH BARREL.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patentgd; Feb, 20, 1917',

Application filed February 16, 1912. Serial No. 677,960.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE E. HERR- MANN and BENJAMIN W. TUCKER, citizens sheet steel.

One of the principal objects of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient joint for the staves or members of'the barrel or container which will allow the members to be interlocked when the barrel is assembled and at the same time form a joint which will materially assist in' strengthening the barrel or container.

Another object of the invention is to. provide simple and efficient means whereby the staves or members may be interlocked with the head at either or both ends of the cons tainer body and these parts rigidly held and bound together. j

A. further object of the invention is to provide a barrel which is inexpensive to manufacture and in which the staves or members are cletachably held together in order that one or more of the staves ormembers may be replaced by others in case of injury or for any other reason.

With these and other objects in view,'the invention will be hereinafter more particularly described with reference to the accompanying drawings,-which form a part of this specification, and will then be pointed out in the claims at the end of the description.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation, partly broken away and partly in section, of one form of barrel embodying our invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view partly broken away and partly in section.

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the staves or members.

Fig. t is an enlarged fragmentary section of one end of the barrel.

Fig. 5 is a sectional plan view taken on the line VV of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a'sectional plan view taken on the line VIVI of Fig. 1; and Fig. 7 is a sectional view similar to Fig. 6 except that the joint is slightly differently formed, v

While the invention is shown as applied more particularly to. a bilged barrel, it will be understood that the invention may be applied to barrels or other containers of various forms and constructions.

The barrel body 10 comprises a plurality of staves or. members 11. These staves or members are bilged and curved to. make the barrel when assembled larger centrally than at the ends in order that the barrel when lying on its side may be readily placed on end or otherwise handled. Each stave or member has itsbody 12 provided with a depressed portion forming a rib or tongue 13 at or near one edge thereof, and a depressed portion 14 forming a groove 15 at or near the other'edge thereof. The body of the stave extends slightly to one side of the rib 13 to provide an overlapping portion 16 and along the other edge extends to provide an overlapping portion 17 The body portion l2 of the stave or member is depressed or offset slightly, as at 18, against which the part 16 of the next stave rests in order that when the staves or members are assembled, the outer surface of the barrel will be substantially flush and free of any projecting part. 'The ribs or tongues-and the groove portions 1a of each stave or member extends inward and at an angle with respecttothebody portion, and the rib 13 of one stave is adapted to fit into the groove 15 of the next adjacent stave, as shown best in Figs. 2 and 6, at which time the part 16 .overlaps a part of the next stave on the outside thereof, and the part 17 overlaps apart of the body of the next stave but on the inside thereof. The ribs 13 and thegrooved portions 15 extend the greater part ofthe length of the staves or members and are preferably arranged at at angle thereto other than at a right angle as such arrangement w ll cause the grooved and ribbed port ons to lnterlock in a more effective way and thereby assist in preventing the ribportions from slipping out of the groove portions when the staves embers are ssembl d- B. tl S means,

an elfective joint 1s provide and at the I same time the barrel is materially strengthened to cause the same to better withstand the strain to which such articles are ordiranged at each end of the barrel body or at one end only as preferred, and each head is provided with an outwardly extending flange 21 which has corrugations 22 arranged throughout the entire periphery thereof, as shown best in Fig. 5. These'corrugations may be formed in any desired way, and the said corrugations increase in.

depth from the outer edge of the body of the heads to the outer edge of the flange 21. The staves or members are offset at 23 to form a seat or croze for each head, and above the oifset portion is one or more corrugated portions 24 corresponding to theshape of the corrugations of the flanges of the head, the corrugations at the ends of the staves or members being adapted to. fit and interlock with the corrugations 22 of the flanges 21. A wire or other element 25 is adapted to pass through the corrugations 22 and-the interlocking corrugations 2a of the staves or members, the said corrugations being perforated'to permit the wire or element 25 to pass therethrough. he ends of the wire or element 25 may be bound together by twisting or otherwise and when thus held the staves and. barrel heads will be secured against relative movement, though it will be understood that this element may be used or not, as desired. The staves or members and the heads may be further secured and held together at each end by a band or member 26. This band or member 26 is split and annular in form in order that it may be com: pressed. The band has a horizontal outer portion 27 and two substantially parallel flange portions 28 and 29 which form an annular recess or chamber to receive the interlocked ends of the staves and flange of the barrel head. Each flange 29 of the band 26 extends inward and at its inner edge rests against the body 20 of the head 19, the band or member 26 being offset at 30, to provide a shoulder under the oflset portion 23 of the barrel staves and having a skirt portion 31 which extends inward a short distance along the staves or members. A wire or other band extends around the member 26 under the shoulder so that when the ends are twisted or otherwise held together the said band or member may be compressed and the parts rigidly locked together. 1

It will be seen that the heads and grooved portions 13 and 14 of the staves form substantial strengthening means lengthwise of the barrel body and by engagement with the heads and the latter interlocked and held in substantially the manner shown, the said parts will serve one to sustain the other and thus make a very strong and efl'ective barrel or container which will resist the strains and knocks which articles of this kind are likely to receive while in use.

The barrel staves or members are depressed transversely between the ends thereof to form grooves 33 and 34 and when the members are assembled, said transverse de pressed portions form substantially continuous grooves around the barrel or container body. A tightening wire or element 35 is located in the groove formed by the depressed portion 33 and the tightening wire or band 36 is located in the depressed portions 34, so that by tightening the band or wires 35 and 36, the members or staves will be rigidly bound together between the ends of the body of the barrel orcontainer.

In Fig. 7, the rib portion 37 is not closed to the same extent as the rib portion 13 but is adapted to fit into the groove portion 38 of the next adjacent stave in a manner similar to that already described. The groove portion 38 is offset somewhat to provide a substantially flush 'outer'surface for the barrel and in this construction, the rib and groove portion is arranged substantially at right angles to the body of the barrel or container.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that a simple and .efflcient barrel or other container is provided which is inexpensive to manufacture and is strong and effective in use; that a simple and efficient joint is provided to cause the staves or members to be interlocked lengthwise thereof; that simple means is provided whereby the barrel heads and staves may be interlocked with each other; and that simple means is provided for holding the barrel staves and heads together.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent v 1. A barrel or. other container, having a plurality of bilged members provided with overlapping and depressed portions lengthwise thereof and forming ribs and grooves adjacent to their edges, the rib being on one edge of each member and the groove on the other edge thereof, the rib portion of one member being adapted to enter the groove of the next adjacent member, whereby when assembled the outer surface of the barrel will be flush and freeof any projecting parts.

2. A metallic barrel comprising a plurality of curved and centrally enlarged staves, each having integral grooved and ribbed portions extending the greater part of the length thereof and forming shoulders,

the ribbed portion being on one edge of each This specification signed and witnessed stave and the grooved portion on the'other this 13th day of February, A. D. 1912. edge thereof the said ribbed and grooved GEORGE E. HERRMANN. portions extending inwardly from the body BENJAMIN W. TUCKER.

" adjacent to the edges thereof heads engag- Witnesses: ,7

ing said shoulders, and means for holding FRANCES KINREIOI-I, the heads and members together. L. I. MAYER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

